The History of Computers: From ENIAC to Modern Day
by Alan Pinter
1. 1: ENIAC
1.1. 1946
1.2. John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly
2. 14: Modern Day
2.1. Mac
2.1.1. 1984
2.1.2. Apple Computer
2.2. Windows
2.2.1. 1985
2.2.2. Microsoft
3. 4: The Integrated Circuit
3.1. 1958
3.2. Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce
4. 5: Computer Mouse
4.1. 1964
4.2. Douglas Engelbart
5. 2: Transistor
5.1. 1947/1948
5.2. John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & Wiliam Shockley
6. 13: DOS & Lisa
6.1. 1981 & 1983
6.2. Microsoft & Apple
7. 3: FORTRAN Computer Programming Language
7.1. 1954
7.2. John Backus & IBM
8. 7: The "Floppy" Disk
8.1. 1971
8.2. Alan Shugart &IBM
9. 6: ARPAnet
9.1. 1969
9.2. The original Internet
10. 10: VisiCalc Spreadsheet Software
10.1. 1978
10.2. Dan Bricklin & Bob Frankston
11. 9: Apple I, II & TRS-80 & Commodore Pet Computers
11.1. 1976/1977
12. 11: WordStar Software
12.1. 1979
12.2. Seymour Rubenstein & Rob Barnaby
13. 8: Xerox Star & Ethernet
13.1. 1973
13.2. Robert Metcalfe & Xerox
14. 12: The IBM PC - Home Computer
14.1. 1981
14.2. IBM